Can't go wrong at that price. This game is fantastic. There's so much to see and do. It will take you a very long time to run out of things to do in the game. Be sure to at the very least get the Broken Steel DLC as it raises the level cap and extends the game past the ending (though the others are certainly fun as well.)

It's a very good game, I love it. Sunk more than 70 hours into it according to my latest save. Plus the DLC packs are all well worth the asking price. Great package all round and the base game at that price is a total steal.

I almost jumped on the 25 dollar deal, but decided against it. I tried running a pirated version for testing purposes, and wasn't impressed by the performance on my computer. I'm going to hope for a better deal (maybe with the DLC included) down the road after I upgrade my system.

I'd almost completely disagree. VATS is just a tactical paused combat mode, and using it is hardly a guarantee of success. How could it possibly feel like a cheat mode?

Replay value - this game has so many multiple paths to quest completion it almost beggars belief, and a not insignificant number of them depend on your character stats. There are more than a few quest outcomes which make pretty big changes to the gameworld/landscape, which one may or may not get depending on their char build, actions and dialogue choices, and I'm not just talking about a certain Megaton questline - though talking of that... do you know it's even possible to have the whole thing called off by making Mr Burke fall in love with you? Depends, again, on your char build, gender, speech stat and perks. If successful he'll send you love letters. That's just one of many possible outcomes of one particular chapter in the game and it barely scratches the surface. It has so much depth, I honestly can't fathom why anyone would decry it for lack of replay value.

And if you don't think levelling up the weapons skills gains you much, I invite you to wander into Evergreen Mills or take on a Deathclaw with a non-combat char.

It has LOADS of replay value, which is extended by the four (soon to be five) DLC mini-expansions. Plus, you can play through once as Good, once as Evil, or Neutral, which is hard to do. There are different rewards for all three.

You do get different quest outcomes, perks, random encounters etc. Doesn't fundamentally change the game or anything (unless you go SUPER EVEIL and... do a certail nasty thing in a certain town and even then it's not a massive change to thwe gameworld).

What I'm saying is, having been playing a good and an evil char, there are differences that become apparent and not just superficial ones.

The only benefit you get is that there's a town you'll be able to get into without doing a quest... but even then, it's hardly worth it.

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That's not the only benefit. At all.

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If there's any other real tangible difference between playing good and evil, I'd like to know. The only thing I can tell is that people are most hostile to you and you have to fight off random ghouls instead of mercenaries out in the field.

I definitely want this game, but at this point I'll wait for the GOTY edition with all the DLC. I've got too many 360 games sitting on my shelf that I haven't even finished yet! (I just started Gears of War - the first one - a few days ago. That's how far behind I am. Great game, though!)

The DLC isn't really worth the asking price ... barely better than the horse armor provided in Oblivion. They are burnable though, so just get a friend to copy over the directory files onto a disc for you. The only thing you miss is the achivements...